
Real-Life Lessons in Longevity
Sardinia, October 2025
For Health Professionals & Their Partners
October 12-18, 2025
Enroll by May 31 for a $2,000 discount
Attention health professionals! Elevate your clinical practice and deepen your understanding of nutrition, lifestyle medicine, and the socio-cultural determinants of health through our immersive educational experience in Sardinia, Italy. Earning 20 CMEs has never been so rewarding.
Sardinia is a large Mediterranean island, a bit off of the beaten path for tourists in Italy. It is earning attention for its beauty and a lifestyle that supports one of the world’s largest populations of people older than 100 – a living laboratory on longevity. On this one-week exploration, you will:
Gain valuable insights into nutritional epidemiology: Explore the intricacies of dietary patterns from a historical perspective, analyzing the pre-transition and post-transition dietary frameworks that influence contemporary health outcomes. Understand the impacts of cultural conditioning on eating behaviors and the implications for patient care.
Investigate the evolutionary mismatch: Delve into the concept of evolutionary mismatch as it relates to modern dietary practices and chronic disease prevalence. Learn about the evolutionary biology behind our archaic genes and their relevance to lifestyle-related health challenges.
Examine agricultural and dietary transformations: Discuss the effects of the green revolution on food systems and the decoupling of agriculture from nutritional quality. Investigate the loss of food variety and biodiversity and its consequences on nutritional density and overall health.
Address the complexities of metabolic Health: Explore the lipid hypothesis, the rise of glycemic excursions, and their implications for the increasing prevalence of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Western societies. Engage in discussions about caloric restriction and its potential benefits on metabolic health through the lens of the adaptive stress response.
Connect with community health dynamics: Assess the impact of community relationships on physical and mental health and understand the role of the microbiota in longevity and health outcomes.
Secure your spot with Immersive Explorations and take your professional development to the next level by integrating experiential learning with evidence-based practice. Embrace this chance to enhance your knowledge and transform your approach to patient care!
Our friend & guide in Sardinia: Dr. Ivo Parisi, PhD
Ivo holds a degree in biology and a specialization in nutrition. He worked as a researcher at the University of Cagliari (Sardinia – Italy) where he studied the metabolism of fats. Ivo spent his childhood and youth in a very small village of inner Sardinia, where the community relationships and bonds are still very strong and important. Ivo began to work with local communities, artisans, farmers, shepherds, and vintners, to develop programs on Sardinian Longevity and the Blue Zones (one of the five areas in the world with the highest percentage of centenarians).